Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing

[00:00.15] Three white butterflies to know you're near

[00:08.12] I know they think that it took somebody else

[00:13.07] To make me beautiful, beautiful

[00:19.72] As they intended me to be

[00:25.04] But they're wrong

[00:31.95] I know they think that it took thousands of people

[00:37.28] To put me together again like an experiment

[00:43.65] Some big men behind the scenes

[00:46.57] Sewing Frankenstein black dreams into my songs

[00:52.42] But they're wrong

[00:56.40] God, if you're near me, send me three white butterflies

[01:01.63] Or an owl to know you're listening, sitting while I'm drinking

[01:08.01] Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father

[01:13.58] While he's deep-sea fishing for sharks in the Pacific

[01:22.61] 'Cause I'm good in spirit, warm-bodied

[01:26.06] A fallible deity wrapped up in white

[01:34.56] I'm folk, I'm jazz, I'm blue, I'm green

[01:38.02] Regrettably, also a white woman

[01:46.25] But I have good intentions even if I'm one of the last ones

[01:57.95] If you don't believe me, my poetry, or my melodies

[02:03.53] Feel it in your bones

[02:10.43] I have good intentions even if I'm one of the last ones

[02:22.66] (Ah, yeah, ah, yeah, ah, yeah, oh)

[02:34.78] Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father

[02:40.62] While he's deep-sea fishing for all the things he's wishing

[02:47.27] God, if you're near me, send me three white butterflies

[02:52.58] Or a map to know your vision, impart on me your wisdom

[03:01.87] It took somebody else to make me beautiful, wonderful

[03:10.64] As they intended me to be

[03:16.48] But they're wrong

[03:47.30] Three white butterflies to know you're near